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Flash Fiction #4

2014-02-05T19:38:00.000+05:30

Passenger

Born into the world.

Started the ‘firsts’ journey.

For the first time; Eyes opened, Cried, Smiled, Ate, Loved, Pampered, Named, Played, Crawled, Walked, Ran, Saw, Felt, Enjoyed, Hated,

Started school; Read, Wrote

Experienced; Friendship, Love, Passion, Craze, Touch, Kiss, Sex, Fight, Brake up, Patch up.

New Journey; Graduated, Worked, Quit, Travelled, Saw the world, came back, worked, Married, Had children, Grew old, Retired. Died.

Wondering, how much knowledge is enough to say I know this mystic world and its secrets. Because I was just a passenger in the vehicle called life.

Flash Fiction #3

2014-02-04T18:50:00.002+05:30

Courage

At a time when it was somewhat a taboo to be born as a girl, she was born.
As sweet she was as any other boy who was born on the same day.

There they sent their teenager with a complete stranger, who claimed to be rich and wealthy. Never to see her again, getting rid of the responsibility.

The mother of the house greeted the first ever woman entrepreneur with a glass of water. She watched with tenderness and love as she would look at her own child.

The woman spoke, ‘Thank you ma, if it wasn't for papa and you, I wouldn't have the courage to do something like this.’

Flash Fiction #2

2014-01-29T18:21:00.001+05:30

Saw

“I never knew the colour could be so intense.”

“It looks a bit scary; I always related this shade with something angry or gory. I have to say that if I would have seen it first before eating it, I don’t think I would have eaten it. But now I like its taste.”

This was the first time he ever saw an apple, after gaining his vision.

Flash Fiction #1

2014-01-29T11:43:00.002+05:30

Mellissa

Sitting in anticipation yet confidently for the nurse’s call, Mellissa planned on ways to surprise Ben.

She felt like the ground beneath her feet breaking away when she heard the doctor say, Sorry, Mel! You will never be able to conceive”

Suddenly she felt numb and the doctor’s words dug up a huge pile of memories she was trying to forget.

She heard the faint voice inside her, “If we go ahead with the process again, it might affect your chance to conceive ever again.”

Aaj Kuch Toofaani Karte Hai!

2014-01-14T14:35:00.001+05:30

One of those trips which did not go as planned and boy, am I glad? The trip was to actually meet a friend of us, a prospective producer of a short film that one of us had in mind. That short film which is yet to be captured from our imaginations. Since our friend was kind- hearted to meet us at midnight, we set out from Mumbai to Pune at dusk in an overcrowded Mahalaxmi Express.

Pudheel Station Shivajinagar

I have always enjoyed travelling and imagine if combined with many ‘waiting to be a movie’ stories and meaningless situational jokes, it’s a double delight. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world slept, we alighted at Shivajinagar. Reached, had wonderful dinner and started the discussion which though constructively, deviated and went on till early morning. A few hours of sleep later we decided to head back home.The weather was pleasant and we boarded the train from Pune.

En route this journey was the twist that atleast I never expected. We crossed Lonavala and our nature exploration mode got activated. Partially foggy and waiting to burst out clouds to be blamed. We started asking each other, “should we get down or not?” From the three of us, I was the one who was sceptical of this plan. We reached Khandala, and the only thing we thought about was to get down or not?

“Oh oh!” that was the sound of the train leaving the platform. A motivational speaker got into my friend and he started saying things like, “Gaadi slow jaa rahi hai, ab bhi time hai, chal kood jaate hai (The train is going slow, we still have time, let’s jump).”

I was like, “kaha jayenge hum (where will we go)?”

“Arre kaha nai toh, track se chalte hue jayenge (If not anywhere, we will walk by the railway tracks).”

Next thing we realize, we are on the tracks and the train has gained pace. There is no looking back now.

Adventure starts now!

“Monkey Hill”, read the other friend and soon we knew the reason for the name. There were monkeys on both sides of the track. We kept a stick with us, just to be sure that the monkeys don’t trouble us.

We walked towards the signal cabin, as we reached it, the cloud burst and it started pouring. Standing under a shade we started readying ourselves to take on the rains. We cooked up an interesting story about why we were on the tracks so that the signal attendant would help us with the way out. After taking a nice peaceful leak in the open air, we started our trek. Slowly admiring the beautiful monkey hill, we went where the lane took us. For a moment I thought, we would be lost but there came a ray of hope. Two bikes coming our way from the jungle, we asked them where the highway was and they obliged. The walk took us to the other part of the railway line and we spotted some technicians at work. We asked them for the route and found that khopoli highway was the closest. So we started walking and came across what seemed to be a big pump house. Fun fact: Whenever we spotted a local, we would tell the Maharashtrian in our group to take lead and talk, but every time the restless guy in our Bhaiyya came out and would jump start a conversation with the local showing off his Marathi prowess (some of which only he understood).

Finally out from the calm peaceful inroads to the busy concrete road, Khopoli highway. A small tea break later we started walking towards Khopoli station. Walking on the highway is way too dangerous than it seems and hence we started signalling for a lift, and a truck stopped. Perfect! As I had imagined. He dropped us at the Khopoli exit and we got another lift from there. This time it was tempo, much better. We got down at Khopoli ‘phata’. The place seemed familiar to me as I had been there once couple of months before all the way from Mumbai to surprise my best friend for his birthday. Some nostalgic moments later, we got into a rickshaw to get to the railway station. While in the rickshaw, we thought the adventure wasn't enough, we need more. So we decided our next stop would be, Zenith waterfalls.

Zenith Waterfall, Khopoli, Maharashtra

Zenith waterfall is one of the most famous waterfalls in the area around that place and attracts a lot of tourists in monsoon. While asking for directions we learned that Zenith was closed down as few people had lost their lives while enjoying the falls. We started walking, and kept walking and walking and walking for a while until we could see our target and then walked a little more. The more we walked it looked farther away from us. We climbed the small hills to reach to it.

The waterfall was indeed amazing; worth all the walks and hurdles we had to go through. There were 4-5 points of waterfall, we chose one. As my friends pulled off the Salman Khan look, I decided to go fully clothed (I don’t like to give people complex by showing off my amazing physic). Some people were “rappelling” in the unusual way. They would hang on to the rope and the person standing down would push the strings up until they came down. Many small kids running around freely on the slippery rocks got our spirits high. They were ‘FEARLESS’ while we were extra cautious while jumping from rock to rock. The water flow kept oscillating because of the wind. Every time the water fell on us, it was refreshing. It actually felt like someone was pressing the F5 button on the PC (quite nerdy, I know).

Half-heartedly we started climbing back down. We slipped a lot both while climbing up and coming down (mostly me) our footwear proved useless. While trying to lie down and enjoy the flowing water my friend slipped and had a fall. Friends being friends, the first reflex emotion that came to us was laughter. As we reached the tip, it was my turn and I slipped and fell bottoms down on a rock. I was just planning to thank my luck but I did not have to.

That's me while going back :(

Bidding adieu to Zenith, we took a rickshaw back to Khopoli and boarded the crowded local back home, thus putting an end to an awesomely adventurous trip.

No If No But Sirf JAT (Just A Thought) #2

2013-07-10T17:35:00.002+05:30

#2

One thing that we learn from anything and everything in life is that, everything has two sides. It depends what we chose. So if when people say, try to analyze the problem do not do it. Go with your gut feel.. coz after hours of analyzing you will find yourself back to square one and you chose the same option you had planned on choosing earlier.

No If No But Sirf JAT (Just A Thought) #1

2012-08-01T13:40:00.000+05:30

#1

I figured out why I lose out on work outs. The reason is simple, I don't go to gym and to go to a gym I should earn. You will be thinking, why I don't workout at home or go for a jog. For that I have to sleep properly, I don't sleep well coz the thought of not earning well gives me sleepless nights. So indirectly I have to blame my earnings. So its not me, its my earning.

No If No But Sirf JAT (Just A Thought)

2012-08-01T13:31:00.001+05:30

Hello people, this will be one segment which will be meant for senseless thoughts rather than senseless write ups.So be ready to be bombarded. If you agree disagree or like dislike, please comment. You can also subscribe the write ups.

30 toh de de

2012-07-20T12:50:00.000+05:30

**Warning: This is a parody of Satyameva Jayate track.Not to hurt any sentiments.. I knwo i have spoiled it for many of you, but could not control and it was hilarious in my head.**

Dedicated to all the bewdaas i know, especially Saurabh Pal

Ye Rum aisa chadh gaya

Lekin aur do peg chadh sake

Tera naam jaha bhi dikha

har koi aake mangle

Hai junoon hai junoon hai

nasha ka ye junoon hai

nas nas mein ishq tera daudta

yeh bawraa sa khoon hai

Tune hi sikhaya scotch whisky ka matlab

Talli hoke jaana maine zindagi ka maqsad

90 de..180 de.. 30 toh de de.

Sachcha hai pyaar mera, 30 toh de de.

jab ek bottle ho mere haath mein

koi dushman na pas dost rahe

Meri koshishein toh hai bas yahin

Rat-din gharme daaru bahe

Terse door hone tha chala

Tere aur paas aane laga

Rum, beer whisky na mila

toh Vodka bhi chal gaya
(Hai junoon hai junoon hai..)

Tequila jo andhar gaya

Tha nasha jo aur bhi badh gaya

char peg ka karam hai ye

Main hasthe hasthe roe pada

Jaisa bhi hoon daaru pee saku

Khwaish Bas meri yehi

do khamba mein nigal sakoo

Mujhe dwaar aisa kholna

tax ki raftaar ko

Dobhale ke atyachar ko

Har bar ke saamne likha

Dry day today dry day today

Badloonga main tere liye

(Hai junoon hai junoon hai..)

Har peg ko tum tolna

Kam hai agar toh bolna

thumbs up ke saath rum milaye kyon

ice cube ke bina piye kyon

neat maarrna hai agar

peeyoonga mein tere liye

steel glass mein peena agar

pee loonga main tere liye

Mere khoon kee har boond main

scotch ho bahar ka

Kato mujhey toh daaru bahe

apne desh ka ya videsh ka

(Hai junoon hai junoon hai..)

Hope...

2012-07-04T12:57:00.002+05:30

I hope it would rain heavily but the city does not suffer a deluge. I hope the BMC will repair every road in the city. I hope India wins at least 10 medals in London Olympics. I hope I come up with interesting write ups and people share it with others. I hope to enjoy interesting discussions with interesting people. I hope to meet Sachin, Dr. Kalam, Zidane and many others. I hope to perform at comedy central one day. I hope I get more ideas for short films. I hope Dhoble sir does not Talibanize Mumbai, as it is known as the city that never sleeps. I hope while partying we never run out of food and drinks or water.

I hope along with me everyone will find one person who they love and who loves them and lead a great life. I hope people use contraceptives.I hope the population does not increase and hope people do not conceive children to keep their family linage big. I hope my doctor gives me the right medicine. I hope whatever scientists are inventing/ discovering are true and just not random pranks. I hope actually the crude oil will be cheaper. I hope the world does not end in 2012, because I hope to see the 2nd phase of the Mumbai Metro Rail project which has 'Bangur Nagar' as a stop. I hope Manmohan Singh is not corrupt. I hope Indians will be more civilized in 20 years. I hope no one will litter on road or spit everywhere. I hope we find a cure to cancer and AIDS. I hope the number of people living below poverty line are less. I hope no one close to me suffers from chronic diseases. I hope to make a difference in everyone's life whom I know(in a positive way). I hope I will have a wonderful life ahead of which I dream. Lastly, I hope to be in peace.

The thought of writing on hope came to me because of an organic vegetables and fruit store. I discovered the store had opened in in my vicinity. I went in and checked the store and took their number to buy stuffs from there next time. As I walked out, a thought came into my mind which said, 'what if they are not actually organic?' I though I can only hope. This thought made me think what I thought about 'hope'. I always say, "Hope.Yeh word pe hi toh duniya kayam rehti hai." (Hope is the word which keeps the world running). Though I tell it in the usual fumy filmy dialog way, I thoroughly believe in it.

Keep hoping and keep smiling :)

Thank You

2012-06-27T12:59:00.002+05:30

This post can be considered as the follow up of for the post titled, 'Things I Want' and is dedicated to some special people in my life. First of all let me say that I was very overwhelmed to see my friends and family wishing well and being there for me on this special day. The effort you all put up to make this day special was simply amazing. Everyone had a role to play in it and everyone despite having their own problems to counter with, left everything aside and decided to be with me.

There is a reason I linked this post to the earlier one and that is because of the amount of gifts showered upon me. It was literally a double. Let me clear, I seriously did not write the post to plant ideas in your mind. But, I feel I made it easier for you, because even without the post there would have been gifts.But I liked it all, from Mouth organs to headsets to customized clocks to caps and even the piggy banks. I loved it all. More than that I loved the time that I spent with you all at Juhu playing Dumb Charades ( I could only find this spelling from Google). Thanks a lot for everything and being there for me. Such moments obviously gets us thinking that after all we are important to handful of people and realize how lucky we are.

Now that I have got some of the things from the list, I guess its time to cut them off. :)

COLD

2012-06-21T13:11:00.000+05:30

Greetings with smiles

Some laughter

Could not have been any better

A sudden prick

Took its time to transform into pain

Reached the wet spine

Blood! Blood!

Amused to see it

Pain made it obvious in the form of tears

Turned around

Only to find something unlikely

He stabbed

Before he could come to terms

Another jab

Fell to his knees

On the red bloody floor

Smack!

Opened his eyes only to

See one of the hands getting severed

He could not understand, why

With a smile he said

“Don’t explain”

As I said I would always be there

For a friend like you

Things I Want

2012-06-20T14:02:00.001+05:30

Whenever I think about the things I have wanted, it occurs to me that, it is categorized. There are things I have always wanted which acts as a constant and things I want according to the circumstances.

I will start with things I want according to the circumstance. I want a new set of headphones, because as I write this I realize that only one ear of my headphone is working. I want my office AC to actually do what it is supposed to do so that we can switch off the noisy damn standing fan. I want a new phone with a good battery life and one which is ideal, i.e. cheap and has all the features. I want a THOUGHT-to-TEXT converter so that I could not waste time writing and this would have been up on the blog a lot earlier. I want to do something interesting like shoot something. I mean a movie or a sequence. I want to watch Metropolis which was recommended to me yesterday. I want to scream out loud. I want money, money and more money, so that I can lead a normal satisfactory life in times of inflation. I want someone close to my heart. Since the things I am mentioning are the things I want under circumstances, I can also mention what I will need at some point in life. I may need a cool walking stick, external hard drives, pen drives, wife, children, etc. Last but not the least I WANT PEACE, not that my life is less peaceful but I like to be in peace continuously! But again, when I think of these things can come in the list below too.

Things I have always wanted. I want a jersey, I want a mouth organ. I want a drum set. I want a bike and car. I want a Lion, a Tiger and an Elephant as pets. I want a big home, I want a small home, I want to buy a grand gift for everyone I love and I want money, money and more money for this. I want to backpack across the world. Last but not the least I Want PEACE, at least within myself!

I stopped here because, now I really want to pee and get to work.

Intimidating

2012-06-18T17:19:00.003+05:30

While I was younger, I always misread ‘intimidation’ as ‘intimation’ and I thought it had something to do with being intimate. But when I got to know the actual meaning, I began to wonder the instances when I get intimidated.

The central character from the series 'Tales of Mere Existence'
by Lev Yilmaz

I am intimidated at sight of an attractive woman, or if she drives an attractive car. Much more if, she rides a bike, if she dresses well, or she talks well, or the slightest thought that she is better than me.

That’s not all that I get intimated by. I get intimidated by my intelligent friend who can talk on every damn thing below the sun, or my not so intelligent friend who can act wise, or my metal-head friend who has a band, or my colleague who I think is better than me, or my colleague who is good for nothing, or my boss whom I work for, or my friends who are fit, or my friends who are unfit.

I am intimated by the person who has a good fashion sense, who wears a pair of good shoes, who is talented, who sketches, who cooks, who plays, who writes, who makes clay models, who has good drinking capacity, who does not drink, who can run fast, who can swim on the back, who can float on water, and so on. Even the word intimidation intimidates me such that I find it difficult to pronounce many a times.

**Note: This is just an experimental style of writing which I very much adore. The man behind my inspiration is Turkish-American Dir, writer, producer, artist Mr. Lev Yilmaz. Check out his interesting work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk

Hyderabad diaries: Into the wild (Yeah, almost)-Part 2

2011-05-23T00:53:00.001+05:30

Chapter 2: Out of city limits

After an uncomfortable journey and not so good night of sleep, not to mention the Bad-maash Company and a small goof up between Raman and his pune friends who were coming to meet us, we reached Hyderabad. Finally out of one stagnant, crowded city lives to another ;).

We got down at our stop where my brother (Manoj) was to pick us from. Our hopes of an actual Into the wild experience were dashed as we saw my brother in a Scorpio. After initial greetings and ‘Seeing after a long time’ talks, we began to plan our course for the day. My brother booked an A.C car for our trip, bummer! We had a minimum of 3 places we need to cover Golconda fort, Charminar and the Birla Temple.

The Fortitude

On reaching the fort, we had an intense discussion about whether to hire a guide. We decided not to, but as soon as we entered the fort we changed our decision. We were amazed by the first thing what we experienced. We were told to stand at a particular place and the guide clapped, we could feel some kind of vibration. Hats off to the architects of those times! Near the entrance there were some people who were clapping so that the tourists who came to see the amazing fort could hear them clap from almost 3-4 kms away, the clap was a warning signal. We saw the home of the great Kohinoor heera. Even though heat tried to get the better off us, we did not deter. We clicked pictures or rather Kartik clicked pictures of us with all kinds of insane expressions and poses. Our guide was a little irritated as we kept him waiting for our photo sessions. Some other attractions were, DJ Bobby written on the wall and the wall which could hear us whispering. The proverb “DEEWAARON KE BHI KAAN HOTE HAI“, sounded uncanny hear. So, the architecture makes it a must visit places in Hyderabad.

After a historic trip to Golconda fort, it was time to visit the most important place the ‘Chaar Minar’. On our way we noticed that the Hyderabadi’s have a unique knack of naming their shops, they were hilarious. Some names were so funny that, we were ROFL! :D Example, Co Cane: Name of a sugarcane juice centre.

CHARMINAR (chaar minar)

Charminar, a monument located right at the centre of one of the most crowded places in Hyderabad. Now, this place made me think that I was in Mumbai. There were people, animals, yellow rickshaws and hawkers everywhere. It was one big chaotic place or as Kartik calls it ‘systematic chaos of Hyderabad’. The view from the top was great; we could see the whole of congested old Hyderabad and the beautiful view Mecca Masjid. Hunger compelled us to eat samosas, which was not even close to samosa. But then Mr. Raman has this habit of eating north Indian foods, especially when he is south :P. We found out the telgu name for taddi fruit, its ‘Kawla Munjal’. We were so fascinated by the name that we kept on reiterating it till d end of the day.After some photographs at Mecca Masjid, we left for Birla Temple and had a filling thali before we went to the temple.

Birla Mandir

Another adorable place in Hyderabad with the elegant marble finish it enabled us to have excellent views of the city from the top. It is a very peaceful place, we almost fell asleep. Kartik was at his best and maska-maring the Gods, when I and Raman noticed something hilarious. The Sai Baba’s idol casted French cut instead of the normal beard :D.

Lumbini Park

There was nothing special about this place except the Laser show, which we decided to skip as we were tired after our escapades for the day. Nice view of Hussain Sagar Lake and Buddha statue right in the middle.

Heading home, we picked up my brother from his office! We relaxed a bit and set out on a search for Raman’s kutte ka doctor :P , for his anti-rabbi shots. Funny thing, when we showed the prescription for the shots

at the chemist, poor guy unfamiliar with the name of the drug, read out his name and said, “sorry sir we don’t have Aditya Raman.”

The Doctor was amused to see me and Raman taking our shots (ohh yeah, for me it was tetanus). As I went in after Raman, she asked me about my whereabouts. As soon as she came to know I too was from Mumbai, she had an expression which felt like, “Tum log Mumbai se idhar injection lene aaye hai?? ” :P

We headed home, had our dinner along with some fluids and then started planning for the trip next day.

Trivia: This was the end of 2^nd chapter and I still haven’t mentioned about any good looking or smart girls. It is not because, this is a censored write up, but because there are no good looking girls there!!!!!!!! When it comes to this context is one lousy place.

To be continued......

Hyderabad diaries: Into the wild (Yeah, almost)

2011-05-23T00:07:00.001+05:30

Warning: For everyone’s inconvenience, I will be publishing this in various parts.

Chapter 1: The Plan

As the name suggests, it all started after getting inspired by Into the wild and my so called adventure trips to the wild (which by the way is only 1 till now :P). I was done with my exams and I knew I had to go for somewhere to unwind; it was not going to be Kerala this time like every vacation neither Bengaluru for an event as planned a week ago. Everything was in place except to decide upon a place we were heading to.

We had two options in mind; one is any wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra where we or rather I could spot some Tigers, and the other was the Land of the Nizams and the Nawabs and (my brother)- Hyderabad. Asking people to join me for the trip was simple, I knew who would be accompanying me for sure or at least try to join the trip. We started calling up every contact in our list, who we thought would remotely help us to plan a trip to Tadoba, Pench or other tiger reserves. Couple of phone calls and sms-es later we gave up the idea of the wildlife trip. Accommodation would have been a real problem apart from the expenses and stipulated time frame of the journey. So we finally decide to go to Hyderabad. One of my friends was a little reluctant about the idea, but thanks to Google he was excited later :D. Before going to bed, I sent out a bulk message to my friends, asking interested one’s to join me. The message was, ‘I am leaving Hyderabad tomorrow; if you are interested join me for the trip.’

Next morning, it was time to decide which bus and when. Luxury was taboo for us so we thought not Volvo and no AC, but ended up in one of those. Ohhh...Sorry, I forgot to introduce the gang. Me, Aditya (my old travel buddy :P ) aka Raman and Kartik aka Kartik.:P. ‘Hard Sun’ playing behind our heads, we set out from Borivali and Goregaon respectively to embark upon one of our finest and memorable trips.

Hyderabad mein kya hua, yeh jaanke ke liye read kariye agla post!! :D (To know what happened in Hyderabad, read the next post).

Not for you, not for us, but at least for the great man called Sachin Tendulkar

2011-03-13T03:26:00.000+05:30

Today, we had to witness yet another century by the man who is considered as ‘God of cricket’ by most fans in India go in vain. It was Sachin Tendulkar’s 99th century in International cricket and was a treat as usual to watch it.

I do not know, what is exactly wrong with the men in blue, but everything seems to be wrong now. The last eight batsmen failed to put together 50-60 odd runs. I was ashamed to watch it wearing the Indian jersey. Even after providing much needed start from both the opening batsmen, the team managed to mess it up towards the end. The younger lot of the bunch would get one or two more chances to play the World Cup, but for one man, it is his last chance to win the World Cup. The rest of the team has to take that into consideration while they step out on the field. For, he is the one who made our nation proud every time he made a record and also for the sheer brilliance he is. More than two decades of cricketing and never has Sachin’s dedication for the sport decreased.
Once, Pakistani World cup winning legend Imran Khan said (I had read in an article), Sachin was never backed with a good bowling attack, which sounds absolutely true even now.
It is high time the #2 ODI team woke up and realised if this is the case, it will be an early exit for us who are apparently the favourites to win World Cup 2011. The bowling so far has been pathetic in the tournament with Piyush chawla, Sreeshant, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan all failing. Now batting has failed miserably too.
As an Indian fan, I can only say that we look ahead to see team India win the World Cup and Sachin score more. J

To watch the highlights of Master blaster’s innings or ICC cricket World Cup 2011, logon to http://www.nyootv.com/

Some ways that a gal rejects a guy and ONE special way to be accepted especially by an Indian gal

2010-12-07T01:47:00.001+05:30

***DISCLAIMER****

Hello everyone..

This is my small attempt to make people smile.. PLS DO NOT consider this as a sexist note..

I apologize, If I hurt anyone’s sentiments.

Scenario 1

Guy meets the girl in the school canteen and says

Guy: hey I like you..

Gal: starts crying like someone died :’( (sob sob sob...)

Guy runs like hell and suffers depression thinking about the nxt day in school!!

Scenario 2

Guy finally has the guts to talk to the gal and then,

Guy: hey

Gal (thinks) he is too outspoken better ignore him

Scenario 3

Guy befriends the gal thinking he will tell her once their friendship grows. He then becomes her good friend and then he waits for the right moment and then he suddenly realizes he is in charge of the band arrangements for the dulha!!

Scenario 4

The guy and the gal flirt a lot and then when the guy proposes she says, “Meine tumko uss nazzar se nai dekha kabhi”

Scenario 5

A good Guy who used to have many friends got into a relationship with a hatke gal.

Gal: your friends are a lil irritating, i cant be around them.

So, he leaves his friends for them.

Gal: Why do u smoke cigarette and have hard drinks.. Its not like me having hookah or vodka once in while...

So the guy leaves his habits of smoking and occasionally drinking.

Gal: y don’t u buy a nice car, atleast a second hand.

He buys a car and then they fool around in it for couple of months

Gal: arre tumko ab serious hona chahiye life mein..kuch kaam karo ani toh hum aage ki zindagi kaise kaatenge.

Guy fights at his home for some cash to start his own company and then strtas working on developing it seriously. He gets tied up and so the frequency of meetin the gal falls. Suddenly one day she informs him, “gharwalo ne mere lliye ladka doondha hai aur waise bhi mujhe lagta hai tume mujhme ab wo intrst nai raha. Mujhe milte hi nai ho kabhi. So good bye”

Scenario 5

Guy: hey, i am so n so..

Gal: hey, i am so n so..

Guy: actually, i like u

Gal: blushes..Thank u but nobody from the other caste can like me J

Scenario 6

Guy: hey, i wanted to tell you something from some time now.

Gal: ya tell me.

Guy: I kind of like you..

Gal: ohhh!!! That’s a little bit of a surprise.. also i don’t want to get into relationships now, i am kind of focused on my career..

You can see the same gal going out with some other guy after a few week!!

Now the One way to be accepted

Guy meets the gal at a party of a family friend

Guy: hey

Gal: hey

Guy: I am (so n so), I stay at so n so place. I am from this caste (The same caste as the gal is from) and from this sub-caste (again the same as the gal). I am the Head of (some crap) department of some (big and reputed) MNC or an IT firm, settled abroad in UK/US/Canada/Middle-east/ anywhere other than India-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Somalia. I plan to get married (with stress on) due to pressure from my parents. So I was thinking that we can marry the nest time I come and then take you along with me. J

Gal: ohhkk kool!! :-D my parents are right there near the dining counter, you can have a word with them.

Done proposal accepted..6 mnths dwn d line they get married and fly abroad!! J

Adieu Africa

2010-08-02T15:29:00.000+05:30

Its all over. A month of excitement, thrill, anger and desperation has come to an end.

The Champs

Let me first congratulate SPAIN who were crowned the champions of Fifa World Cup 2010. They have shown us that they are indeed the beast side the country has ever produced. They have finally lifted the trophy after a long wait, thanks to their ability to keep possession and pass the ball brilliantly. However, i thought they were not as convincing as they were in the Euro. They lacked the goal scoring power. One of their prolific strikers Torres being out of form, much was depended on the David Villa. The new Barca star delivered his best with 5 goals. Eventually, they got want they were playing for, even if it meant to be the lowest scoring champions. Felicitaciones España.

The Runners Up

The Dutch were a little interesting when it came to the style of play but became vulnerable to Spain's 'passing' game. They were frustrated which is evident just by looking at the number of cards they managed to collect. Webb was definitely not to the person blame in this case. The biggest feat that the dutch achieved was knocking out Brazil.That is they turned heroes for Pro-Argentines and villains for the Pro-Brazilians and I seriously do not know how many people supported The NEDs before the start of the tournament. Over all it was great watching Robben and Sneijder rising their team to new heights.

The Most Entertaining Team

This award will undoubltedly go to the Germans. The young team who was led by defender Philipp Lahm in the absence of their captain Michael Ballack, performed exceptionally well. This team had exhibited some new talents like Muller and Ozil alongside stars like Schweinsteiger, Klose and Podolski. What amazed me was that most of the players in the squad were not of German descent. If everything goes well, this team can win some titles for their fans.

The Latin American Heroes

Uruguay, and not Brazilians or Argentinians deserve this title. The team had a great tournament with their in-form striker Forlan leading the line up. The Latin-American side had an amazing start by not only restricting France but also topping their group. They deserved to be in the semis. There is only one instance, that we can blame them for. Though, it cant be blamed on the entire team one player is to be blamed. Suarez tried to substitute the keeper for a while against Ghana. That was a real disappointment.

The Latin American disaster

This is how the one of my cousins coined the exits of Brazil and Argentina. The Somewhat ‘entertaining’ Brazil and the ‘Coach + one man army’ Argentina lost it again. While Brazil lost it to silly defensive errors to the Dutch, their neighbours were outplayed by the German army. Even though, there we saw some good individual works, both the teams failed to work as a unit. Lionel Messi will; be all the more frustrated as he failed to find the net even once in the tournament but showed the world why he is considered the best in business.

The Black Stars

They need a special applause, as they were the only nation who could advance to the second stage. They went one step further and reached the quarters and gave us plenty to watch for in that match. It was very sad to hear (I missed the match) that Gyan had missed the chance to take them to the semis. Nevertheless, it was a brilliant performance from them.

The Best League in the World Failed Again

Stars from the beast and the most talked about league in the world had a very bad outing. Everything seemed well till the qualifiers for England. Suddenly the team which was being rooted as one of the probables found it difficult to secure their place in the second round. The English failed to tackle the German. Though they were unlucky to have disallowed a goal, they failed when it came to cutting down the counter attacks.

The European Ousted

The defending champs Italy had only a brief role to play in this edition. I was not expecting them to retain the trophy but at least expected them to do better than this. Similar was the fate of last edition’s runners up. France had been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The reasons were: The coach, his decision to use Henry to warm the bench, Anelka’s ousted and the drama following it.

There were some good performances by other teams as well. Like the Portuguese scoring 7 against DPR, Ivory Coast resisting CR7 and his boys, South Africa’s triumph over France, etc. Overall it lacked the excitement and hype which was created before the tournament began, still enjoyed it. Now the wait for the nest WC begins. See you on the other side. Take care.

Waving All The Flags

2010-06-11T02:15:00.008+05:30

Here I come friends(even though i know not even 10 people would read this, i write with an attitude that I have a thousand followers) with a new blog after more than 3 months. I had started off my first blog by writing about one of my passions i.e football. Here I am again restarting my Blog experience with a similar topic.

The Big Moment

The moment has arrived, it is the most awaited day in the history of Football- (arguably) the most followed sports over the globe. It will be prodigious to see men from 32 countries wearing their heart on their sleeves and battling it out for pride and honor. Today friends would turn foes. Its once in a life time opportunity for everyone who is taking part in the tournament. Ladies and gentleman,

Cometh the hour Cometh the World Cup.

As I sit here to watch the opening ceremony, Though I will not be cheering for my Motherland in the competition, I feel very emotionally connected to it. That is the beauty of this game. It feels like the game has adopted me and not the other way round. I feel tensed every time when the team I support takes the field. Its almost like I am going to take the field. I am overwhelmed at the sight of it. All sorts of emotion starts running inside me. Being an Indian, I have to admit that this is something much bigger than cricket and there is a chance that it may be as popular as cricket one day. I am sure many of the fans out there will agree with me.

Supporting Dilemma

It been a few days that whenever I update some World Cup related news on my Facebook page, people start asking me, "Which Team are you supporting?", "I support the game" goes my immediate response and then listing out some of my favorites. This is because its a country affair and my country aint there, but obviously, I have my second, third , fourth, fifth... and so on favorites too. My friend countered me in an amused manner "Dude, you have mentioned almost every team participating". This is because the players I like are scattered in various teams, so will support everyone. The bottom line remains the same, the games moves the fans as emotionally as it does the players. This time in South Africa, the conflicted African nations will unite and raise their voice for unity. I have purposely not written about the injury 'jinx' as I feel both sad and angry when I think of it. Lets hope for an exciting and unforgettable tournament. Leave all your work behind and enjoy for a month.

Here I conclude my words hoping to Wave the Indian colors in one of the the World Cup finals and by writing some words from the World cup theme song, which goes

"Give me Freedom, Give me fire, Give me reason, Take me higher

See the champions, Take the field now

Unify us, make us feel proud...

When I get older, I will be stronger

They’ll call me freedom

Just like a wavin’ flag

And then it goes back

And then it goes back "

To B(elieve).... Or Not To B(elieve)

2010-03-02T13:34:00.002+05:30

One of the biggest dilemma for people like me is to believe or not, in THE ALMIGHTY.
This is a question widely faced by todays generation.

Every coin has two sides.Either you do or you Dont, but this one here has three sides.
the third one is barely a side.It is the border that many of us stand on.

It is the thin line between being Atheist and a Believer.

It all starts when you come out of school. Up till then everything goes smooth, people who want to believe, believe and those who dont want to, dont.

In college when you get exposed to different kind of people and ideas, questions arise about our faiths and beliefs. The following meetings include all kinds of debate and arguments.This goes to a point where we start questioning our own faiths and beliefs.
Suddenly there is a big question mark in our minds and the religious rituals that we follow feels more like a mime show. It is like."We have given a recommendation, now will have to see whether the request is accepted or not".
Most of the rituals performed are to "please" GOD, so that he can shower his blessings upon us. Its more like bribery.

It depends a lot on our upbringing as to how we conceive the idea of GOD.

In my opinion we all are taught to fear GOD than believing. As children we were told, "how we could get punished" or some other stories.So may be it was this fear which was behind the daily prayers and marking our attendance at temples or wherever it may be.
We are in such a position that there are hardly any one to solve our doubts. If we ever ask for an explanation from our elders as in why a particular thing was practised?? The next minute is gone in silence and a stare, which means "we have never questioned it, How dare you do!!" so that leaves us in a deeper confusion.
Why to do something which you dont believe.

So to conclude, I think there is a something that is beyond our control and that something is controlled by Someone, call it luck/fate or may be even GOD.

But whatever our outlook may be.
Its important that we respect each others view and let everyone believe their faith(unless they are harmful to us).

If he aint, who is????

2010-02-25T01:22:00.003+05:30

The highest score in ODIs'. 200 thats right.200*, by none other than the MASTER BLASTER.

If anyone deserved this feat, it was him, no doubt about that.
Its been 2 decades since the little guy, who is a religion to many of us took to the field.
That was the time, this day was scripted. We had to wait a long time for this, but we saw him conquer almost almost every feat.I guess the millions who support him dreamt of this day than he himself did.

It was a blitzkrieg knock which saw the master at his best.It was so perfect that there was not even a bowler who was close to getting his wicket.
I pity the bowlers.It was a nightmare for them.
But they will always cherish saying, "I played in his era". Who wont???

There may be hardly anyone who likes cricket but not Sachin apart from two guys.One is Ponting, for not allowing him to pass his record and others our great politiican(i am not sure if he likes cricket, but he certainly doesnt like our GOD).
I know GOD is a little exaggerating for a man, but going by his humble nature and for who he is, i guess we can tag him that.
It is such a surprise that he doesnt have a triple ton in tests,but hope he achieves that feat too before retiring.
what more i can say of him.You must have everything there is to be written of him.
Today the people of gwalior saw GOD in a blue jersey n a bat!!!!!!!!!!

(Literally) Parts of Speech!!!

2010-02-23T02:57:00.000+05:30

Steve Jobs’ speech at Stanford.
some of the lines from the most inspirational speech I have ever heard.
Its feels great to hear it again n again..
highly motivational.

Connecting the dots
“..And since Windows just copied the MAC… It’s likely that no personal computer would have them”(it was very funny)

“You cant connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will connect in your future” (looking back at his life)

“How can you get fired from a company you started???”

“I still loved what I did.”
“Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could ever happen to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a fresher again”

“Sometimes life can hit you on the head with a brick, but don’t lose faith”

“You got to find what you love, and that is just true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do!!! If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking don’t settle. As with all matters of heart you will know when you find it, and like all relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking don’t settle!!!!!!”

About death

“If you live each day, as if it were your last. Someday you will be most certainly right.”
“Remembering that we all will be dead soon is th most important tool that I have ever encountered, to help me make the big choices in life, Because all most everything, all external expectations of pride or fear of embarrassment of failure, these things just fade away in the face of death, leaving only that is truly important, remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know, to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose”

“No one wants to Die, even people who want to go to heaven, don’t want to die to get there and yet death is the only destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it, and that is as it should be. Because death is most likely the single best invention of life. Its lifes’ change agent , clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not far from now, you will gradually become the old and cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic but its true. “

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others opinions ground out your inner voice and most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition they somehow already know what you truly want to become, everything else is secondary ”

“Stay hungry, stay foolish”

You can watch the whole thing here

Steve jobs at stanford

One of the most important thing taken for granted!!!

2010-02-20T03:02:00.000+05:30

In the course of life we meet different kind of people.some we are friends with and some we despise.
If you go on to see the friend list..boy its really mammoth.to begin with the friends you made in your childhood days, at school, college, 1st job, 2nd job etc etc, not to forget social networking friends.
We try very hard to keep up with the people whom we have short listed from the above list.
we take out time from our schedule to meet them the second we are free.
In doing so, many a times we forget that we dont' spend enough time with our family.
Its like...that particular part of life is neglected.
Many of you wont agree with me on this.
Its so often that we make plans to meet our friends in a flash, but we refrain from going out for a family function with our folks even after we are told about that a week before (I understand its better to hang out at the roadside BHEL-wala/any random coffee house with your buds than to hear your uncle/aunt lecture you about what you should or should not do even if its at your fav restaurant...But still)
If things are not good with our friends, we try our maximum to patch things up.we are afraid we will lose them and they wont talk to us anymore.On the other hand if somethings wrong at our home, we dont speak for days, suddenly our ego arises from nowhere.
This is bcoz we take them for GRANTED. We are confident that the situation wont stay like this forever. We have know our folks.They have given us so much of freedom and full filled almost every need of ours.
still we behave in this manner.
i will perhaps never understand why does this happen. Even if you think this should not happen again.but it does.
I really feel bad about this situation.
I know there will be some of you, who have experienced this and agree with it.

UCL

2010-02-18T23:46:00.000+05:30

Hello frnds dis is ma first blog... :)
n i thought i ll begin it wit one of the most intrstin thing in ma life...

Its been an intrestin midweek of football..
the mightiest of Europe fightin it out to stay put in the the prestigious competition.

Leme start wit d big one at SAN SIRO whch was live..

i thought milan deserved a lil more from d game..
it was a brilliant start dat every 'Rossoneri' wud ve lovd..
wit becks' free kick n rons volley..it was a perfect start..
i njoyd it very mch...1 of d reasons being, i havent seen ronaldinho playin lk dis since his days at barca...n 2nd i m a BLUE.....
it was a classy frm the brazilian play maker(if he still is!!!)
Manu wer very shaky in d first half hr o so..no wndr hw can any team have a 3-4 clear chances of scorin against dem..
d intensity was gr8...
manu wer sloppy in der possession n rio was lost...ron was too hot to handle for dem..n den came d bad guy..d away goal..scholes wit a mistimed shot... :) advntg manu..
it was a lil bit of luck-who has mostly clingd by their side..

bt everythin changd as was expctd in d 2nd hf...SIR-ji made a gd change by bringin on valencia for nani(who btw was havin hell of a day)..
as d commentator was tellin abt the goal drought by manu against ac..i had a small intuition dat de wud score... n bang!!!!der was rooneys header past dida, who i guess has pasd his prme....
rooney had a gr8 game..n desrvd d dbl..he is a intlgnt player n has well adoptd the role hes been given aftr the CR7s' departure from old trafford...
so nnw its manus' to loose..
n i hope de loose... :D

The other match was at Stade Gerland with d former lyon boy palyin against dem as a galactico bt only as a sub..i was a bad day for the spanish giants...
day 2- witnesd a very sluggish n indisciplind game btwn porto n gunners, whch btw wnt to d home side...
d intensity was undbtly high for the wrong reason..bt cudnt watch d whole match.. so nothin to analyze in dat..
bt portos 1st goal was a very ridiculous keeper error..
gunners equilizd with a so(u)l-full header..
n d last game at Allianz Arena. was spoilt by the same guy Tom Henning Ovrebrowho did it last season against d blues..hes nw experiencd in spoilin d game n luks lk he njoys it..
so this was d review..

waitin for nxt week..
it will b a gr8 battle btwn d BLUES n d 'spcl 1'....

this is it..
my first blog finally..
tc njoy